Name: Gerard
Gender: Male
Usage: Gerard is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Gerard are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, Burkina Faso, France, Germany, Ireland, Malta, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Gerard across the world, see Gerhard, Gérard.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Gerard is: Strength of the spear, See also jerard.
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Numerology of the first name Gerard: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Gerard is ranked on the 1,109th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 464200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.007% of the population. The name Gerard has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Gerard for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Gerard is 16 October.
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History and Origin
Gerard (/ˈdʒɛrəd/ or US /dʒəˈrɑrd/; Old French: [dʒeʁɑʁ]) is a male forename of Old Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are gari > ger- (meaning 'spear') and -hard (meaning 'hard/strong/brave').
Common forms of the name are Gerard (English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Polish and Catalan); Gerrard (English, Scottish, Irish); Gerardo (Italian, Portuguese and Spanish); Gherardo (Italian); Gherardi (Northern Italian, now only a surname); Gérard (variant forms Girard and Guérard, now only surnames, French); Gearóid (Irish); Gerhardt and Gerhart/Gerhard/Gerhardus (Afrikaans, Dutch, and German); Gellért (Hungarian); Gerardas (Lithuanian) and Gerards (Latvian). A few abbreviated forms are Gerry and Jerry (English); Gert and Gerd (Afrikaans, Dutch and German); Gerrit (Afrikaans and Dutch); Gertjie (Afrikaans); Geert (Gronings, Dutch), and Жоро (Bulgarian).
The introduction of the name 'Gerard' into the English language took place following the Norman conquest of England in 1066. Its original forms in Old French were "Gerard, Gerart" [dʒeʁɑʁ] and "Girart".
The surname Ge(e)rdes is a patronymic form, i.e. "the son of Ger(har)d", that originated in Frisia around 1800.
The name Gerald, while phonetically similar to Gerard, derives from a slightly different set of constituents: ger and wald (meaning 'rule/lead').
English, Irish, and Dutch: of Germanic origin, introduced to Britain by the Normans. It is composed of the elements gār, gēr spear + hard brave, hardy, strong. In the Middle Ages this was a much more common name than Gerald, with which it was sometimes confused, but nowadays is less common. It survives mainly among Roman Catholics.
Variants: Gerrard, Jerrard.
Cognates: French: Gérard. Italian: Gerardo. German: Gerhard, Gerhar(d)t. Low German: Gerrit, Ge(e)rt. Dutch, Flemish: Geeraard, Geerd, Ge(e)rt. Frisian: Gerrit, Garrit. Hungarian: Gellért.
Short form: English: Ged.
Pet forms: English: Gerry, Jerry.
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